Bedc loth es-c lamp



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY LORENTZ JESSEN,-OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters' Patent N o.v 526,490, datedSeptember 25, 1894. Application led May 22, 1894.4 Serial No. 5121102.(No model.)

To all whom, it may con/cern: l

Beit known that LHENEY LORENTZ J EssEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Watsonville, Santa Cruz county, State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in Bedclothes Clamps; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact descrip' tion of the same.

My invention relates to a device for retaining bed clothes in position.

It consists in certain details of construction which will be more fullyexplained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a perspective view of my dev1ce showing its attachment. Fig.2 is aside view showing a modification of the device.

The object of this invention is to provide a means for retaining bedclothes in their proper position during the night, so that children o'rthose who are very restless will not be able to disarrange the clothesand throw them 0E and expose themselves to the danger of catching cold.

A is the main stock of the device having at one end a jaw a and theopposite end is extended and turned over so as to form a hook a. j

Bis the second plate which forms a jaw opposing the jaw a, of the plateAat one end,

and at the opposite end it is 11p-turned as shown at b in Fig. 1, or ath in Fig. 2. fThis 11p-turned end forms a loose Vconnection by a loop orsocket in the side of the plate A, and this formsa support for this endof the plate B. From or through the plate B, at a point intermediatebetween this up-turned end and the jaw at the opposite end,a screw shankC extends at right angles with the plate and passes through a hole madein the plate A. Above the plate A, is a Wing or thumb nut c, which turnsupon the screw-threaded portion of the shank C. When this nut is turnedback, the jaws a and B may be separated by the jaw B turning about itsfulcrum pointb until a sufficient space is produced to admit the edge ofthe bed clothes as shown in the illustration. By turning the nut thejaws are now closed together to clamp the edge of the bed clothes andhold them securely. The hook a is intended to engage with a loop, cordor other device E, which is suitably attached to the crib bedstead orotherV stationary point by which the whole device is retained inpsition.

D D Fig. 2, is a spring tongue which is fastened tothe plate A at oneend, and the opposite end engages the point of the hook a2 so as topreventthe loop from being disengaged therefrom, or, if preferred, theend of the hook a in Fig. 1 itself, may be made elastic, or so turnedthat the bed-clothing will be crowded into the opening to form the stop.The hook may be turned in any direction found most convenient. As manyof these clamps may be employed as 'may be necessary to hold the bedclothes at dierent points and retain them in place, while allowing theoccupant of the bed or crib to move about freely beneath them, withoutbeing able to throw them od.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as' new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A clamp for bed clothes consisting of op-` posing plates the forwardends ofwhich form jaws for receiving the bed clothes, one of said plateshaving its rear end upturned and fulcrumed upon the vopposing plate, andthe other plate being extended beyond said fulcrum point of the platesand provided with means for detachably engaging a holding loop, and ameans engaging both plates and interposed between the fulcrum point ofthe plates andthe jaws thereof for adjusting the jaws and clamping thebed clothes between them.

2. A bed clothes clamp consisting of two jaws, one of which has an11p-turned end adapted to form a loose connection with the other, and ascrew-threaded shank extending through holes in the plates witha nutwhereby the jaws are closed to clamp the clothes, an extension of themain jaw beyond the fulcrum point ofthe two jaws, having the end formedinto a hook adapted to engage a holding loop, and means for closing thepoint of the hook.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HENRY LORENTZ JESSEN.

Witnesses: ,Y

J. P. J ENsEN, J. JENSEN.

